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Name of Book: The Handyman
Author: Bentley Little
Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications
Publication Date: 31 Oct 2017
No. of Pages: 342
Format: Digital
Daniel Martin has never forgotten his childhood encounters with Frank Watkins, the man who built his family a summer home out of cardboard and plywood. Frank's gaze was oddly confusing, as if he was attempting to discern the proper way to behave because he didn't know how to respond in a human manner. Since Frank obviously wasn't an alien, young Daniel thought maybe the man was crazy. In the end, Daniel would learn the terrifying truth about Frank Watkins. And as an adult, Daniel is about to discover there are more of THEM out there...
Bentley Little is the author of numerous novels, short stories, articles, essays, and reviews. After earning a BA in communications and an MA in English, he sold his soul and abandoned all artistic integrity, working for eight years as a bureaucrat for a mid sized city in Orange County, California. His first novel, The Revelation, won the 1990 Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award for best first novel. A Luddite with no access to the Internet, he still listens to vinyl records and does not own a cell phone, an iPod, an MP3 player, or a Blackberry. He has one wife and one son.
My Opinion
The Handyman by Bentley Little gives you a serial killer and paranormal vibes with its atmospheric narrative. The plot starts off on a really good note with an eerie character. The book is a page turner with all the incidents going around. Also, the story is written from both Protagonist and Antagonist's POV that was pretty much different. I have already read the author's work and didn't liked that much. But, this one really created an atmosphere of terror and has all the ingredients of horror.
The only thing that was off for me was the haunting, that I think were really not needed. Frank was enough to terrorize us. And, not only this the author has elaborated his terrors in detail with all its victims. The climax was full action packed and I really enjoyed reading the book. The book deserves 4 stars.
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